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US to Sell F-16 Fighters to People’s Republic of Vietnam

September 24, 2023 by streiff Leave a Comment

Joe Biden’s visit to Vietnam was a hot mess of stupidity, dementia, and the downright bizarre; see RedState’s coverage of the one-man dumpster fire at Staff Pulls Plug on Presser as Biden Goes Over Edge in Vietnam With Confusion, Dog-Faced Pony Soldiers,
Yikes: Biden Thanks the Vietnamese on 9/11, Visits Site Where McCain Was Captured
, As if the Presser Weren’t Bad Enough, Biden Then Makes Embarrassing Posts About His Visit to Vietnam, MOTR, Ep. 79: G-20 Meetings Are Fun for Elites, but They Can’t Even Call out a Ruthless Invader, and RedState Weekly Briefing: Granholm’s Clown Car, Kennedy’s Story Hour, Biden’s Hanoi Hangover.

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While Joe Biden was spreading confusion, substantial work was in progress behind the scenes. For instance, Vietnam Airlines agreed to buy 50 Boeing 737 Max jets, presumably of the variety that doesn’t randomly crash. Three US semiconductor-related companies agreed to open production facilities in Vietnam. Microsoft and NVIDIA agreed to create a partnership with their Vietnamese counterparts to work on AI for Vietnam. Agreements were reached on human rights in Vietnam (yeah, lol at that), the policing of fisheries, and the continuation of Agent Orange remediation and removal of unexploded ordnance from the Vietnam War.

All of this marks an attempt to capitalize on Vietnam’s ongoing conflict with China to bring that country closer to the West. Behind the scenes, there were other happenings afoot.

Friday, Reuters reported in an exclusive story that the Biden White House is negotiating to sell Hanoi a large number of US F-16 multi-role fighters to replace the Russian sleds aircraft it currently uses.

A package, which could come together within the next year, could consummate the newly upgraded partnership between Washington and Hanoi with the sale of a fleet of American F-16 fighter jets as the Southeast Asian nation faces tensions with Beijing in the disputed South China Sea, one of the people said.

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Washington is considering structuring special financing terms for the pricey equipment that could help cash-strapped Hanoi steer away from its traditional reliance on lower-cost, Russian-made arms, according to the other source, who declined to be named.

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The project is attractive to Vietnam because it improves its capability to defend its land and maritime borders from encroachment by the Chinese. For those who don’t follow the area, Vietnam and China have fought at least six land or sea battles since the end of the Vietnam War.

Not only are the F-16s a better platform than the Russian aircraft in use, but Putin’s War in Ukraine has made acquiring spare parts difficult. Not only are they hard to come by, but any company touching the parts risks being hit with US and EU sanctions. As Russia has become a virtual Chinese client state, depending upon Russian weaponry in a border war with China doesn’t make a lot of sense. Buying US aircraft not only improves the quality of the Vietnamese Air Force but also affords a great degree of independence of action by Vietnam.

As Lord Palmerston said, “We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.” Vietnam’s interests are its political independence and territorial integrity. Allowing the US Navy to use Cam Rahn Bay and buying US fighters reflects a new reality in the region.

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Filed Under: <![CDATA[China]]>, <![CDATA[Russia]]>, <![CDATA[Vietnam]]>, News, Red State

Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Headquarters Demolished and Commanding Admiral Presumed Dead

September 22, 2023 by streiff Leave a Comment

A volley of Ukrainian cruise missiles demolished the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, in Occupied Crimea. The strategic communications directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the attack that took place around noon Sevastopol time this way on social media:

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The Black Sea Fleet headquarters controls Russian naval operations in the Black Sea. It used to be a sleepy backwater but now with Putin’s War in Ukraine, it is at the center of action. Ships from the Black Sea Fleet, particularly its main base in Sevastopol, are actively involved in attempting to enforce Russia’s porous naval blockade of Ukrainian grain shipments as well as launching cruise missiles at targets in Ukraine.

Fleet Headquarters was struck by two or three cruise missile, either British Storm Shadow (Putin’s War, Week 63. Chechens Replace Wagner in Bakhmut, Storm Shadow Arrives, and Russia Says ‘Family Guy’ Is a Meany-Pants) or French SCALP-EG (Putin’s War, Week 72. Ukraine Misses NATO Membership but Still Wins and Ground Combat Gains ). In this video you can see one of them on short final.

Without a watermark: The moment Ukrainian Storm Shadow/SCALP-G missiles hit the Russian Black Sea Fleet HQ in temporarily occupied Sevastopol, Crimea today pic.twitter.com/MXs74zrvFi

— Giorgi Revishvili (@revishvilig) September 22, 2023

There are reports of several high-ranking officers killed or injured in the attack. Unofficially, Admiral Viktor Sokolov, commander of the Black Sea Fleet, was among the dead.

Budanov claims that the commander of Russian forces in southern Ukraine, Col. Gen. Alexander Romanchuk, and commander of the 200th sep MR bde, Lt. Gen. Oleg Tsekov were severely wounded in the Ukrainian attack on the Russian Black Sea Fleet headquarters today. https://t.co/h43i3cgZ7W pic.twitter.com/GqLdoqynVV

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) September 22, 2023

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To understand how we got here, you need to look at Ukrainian military operations over the last two or three weeks. A little over a week ago, Ukrainian cruise missiles and unmanned surface vehicles destroyed two Russian warships, a submarine and a landing ship, and an antiaircraft patrol vessel was damaged  while underway (see  Ukrainian Attack on Russian Fleet Leaves One Ship and One Sub Destroyed With No Nuclear War and Putin’s War, Week 82. Russia Dissed at the UN and the War Moves Toward Rasputitsa). That attack had been set up by a commando raid on a radar and antiaircraft site in Crimea that punched a hole in the air defense belt surrounding Sevastopol. Other antiaircraft sites have been hit in the last two weeks; see Putin’s War, Week 81,and Putin’s War, Week 82. Russia Dissed at the UN and the War Moves Toward Rasputitsa. Last week, an S-400 antiaircraft missile battery covering downtown Sevastopol, the location of the Black Sea Fleet headquarters, was taken out. 

These attacks opened a corridor for Ukrainian strike aircraft to get very close to Crimea before launching their missiles.

UKRAINE’S SEALs: Kyiv has recaptured the Petro Hodovalets & Tavrida offshore platforms in the Black Sea. Seized by Russia in 2015, they had been used as radar stations. A counter-attacking Russian Su-30 strike fighter was damaged during the operation. https://t.co/W8me7jMl6Z pic.twitter.com/81RvZtEWih

— Chuck Pfarrer | Indications & Warnings | (@ChuckPfarrer) September 11, 2023

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More intriguing today that when I posted the update yesterday (Putin’s War, Week 82. Russia Dissed at the UN and the War Moves Toward Rasputitsa) is this item:

Before and after satellite imagery of yesterday’s AFU Storm Shadow missile strike on the Russian Navy command post north of occupied Verkhnosadove, Crimea (44.714735, 33.704408).#OSINT #Counteroffensive #UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/oX4YOrADU9

— OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇦 (@UKikaski) September 21, 2023

There are claims that the strike at the Navy command post at Verkhnosadove was intended to create the maximum density at the main headquarters.

If reports of high ranking deaths are true, it looks like Ukraine could have knocked out the Black Sea Fleet’s secret HQ a couple of days ago and basically herded them into the main building for today’s strike https://t.co/w0uJCsrbBX https://t.co/u6AdukNRqF

— Chris York (@ChrisDYork) September 22, 2023

The strike on the Black Sea Fleet’s ships and now this attack on its headquarters is going to have the Russian fleet looking over their shoulders for a while.

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Filed Under: <![CDATA[crimea]]>, <![CDATA[putin's war]]>, <![CDATA[Russia]]>, <![CDATA[Ukraine]]>, News, Red State

Putin’s War, Week 82. Russia Dissed at the UN and the War Moves Toward Rasputitsa

September 21, 2023 by streiff Leave a Comment

Well, here we are at Week 82 of Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine. The war on the frontlines has sort of wound down, though the Russian situation is coming to resemble a Jenga game rather than a coherent operational plan. As large-scale operations slow down, the political front is becoming key. There the thing to watch is how the next round of Ukraine aid fares in Congress while keeping an eye on the slap-fight between Ukraine on the one hand and Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and a few other European countries over allowing Ukrainian grain to enter domestic markets. Coalition warfare is difficult in the best of times; maintaining a coalition in the face of intra-alliance friction and the domestic politics of the various partners can quickly become insuperable.

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Here are some of my past updates. For all my Ukraine War coverage, click here.

Putin’s War, Week 81

Putin’s War, Week 80. Ukraine’s Offensive Continues Slow Progress as Fingers Are Pointed

Putin’s War, Week 79. Surovikin Line Penetrated as Russia Staggers Toward a ‘1917 Moment’ in Zaporizhzhia

Putin’s War, Week 78. Prigozhin Crashes, Two Russian Bomber Bases and Moscow Hit by Drones

Putin’s War, Week 77. The Ruble Nosedives, a Breakthrough Looms, and Crimea Faces Isolation

Putin’s War, Week 76. Russia Shut out of Peace Conference and Its Black Sea Gambit Backfires

Putin’s War, Week 75. Putin Cucked, Moscow Droned Again, and the Industrial War Hits High Gear

Putin’s War, Week 74. The Crack in the Russian Wall Appears and Ben & Jerry’s Employees Join the Russian Army

Putin’s War, Week 73. Putin Eludes Arrest, Black Sea Grain Initiative Dies, and Ukraine’s Offense Continues to Grind Away

Putin’s War, Week 72. Ukraine Misses NATO Membership but Still Wins and Ground Combat Gains Velocity

Putin’s War, Week 71. The Fighters Go to Their Corners

Putin’s War, Week 70. The Reckoning for the Wagner Revolt Continues

Many more are available at this link.

Politico-Strategic Level

Zelensky and Albania vs. Russia at the UN

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was at a meeting of the UN Security Council this week and brought some fireworks. During an address that accused the UN of inaction regarding the invasion of his country, an accusation that is, by the way, true, he questioned why Russia was even at the table. 

He’s right on two counts. First, it is a travesty that the blatant aggressor in a war is given a seat at an international meeting about that war. Second, there was never any logical reason for Russia to be allowed to take the USSR’s seat at the UN Security Council. That seat should have been awarded to the EU, India, or Brazil. 

Before he got to speak, there was a memorable skirmish between the president of the Security Council, Albania’s Ambassador Edi Rama, and the Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya. 

When Zelensky was recognized to speak, Nebenzya objected on the grounds that all members of the Security Council were entitled to speak before any invited guest. Rama reminded Nebenzya that there was a history of guests speaking first, saying, “I want to ensure our Russian colleagues and everyone here that this is not a ‘special operation’ by the Albanian presidency.” ‘Special operation’ is Putin’s term for the invasion of Ukraine. After several minutes of lecturing Ambassador Rama, Rama responded:

I must say that coming from you, all this lecture of violating the rules of this building is quite an impressive show. But as far as you repeat it many times that the violation here is about President Zelenskyy speaking before the council members, there is a solution for this. If you agree, you stop the war, and President Zelenskyy will not take the floor.

This all points to how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has destroyed its political clout with countries not called Iran and North Korea.

Ukraine Was Never About NATO

One of the perpetual lies that crop up is that Russia invaded Ukraine because of NATO. That is obvious nonsense, as Ukraine was not a NATO member and had not been slated to become a member. Some go back further to some alleged promise made to Gorbachev that NATO would not expand. There’s no evidence that happened and a lot of evidence to indicate that the only promise Gorbachev received was that NATO troops would not be stationed in East Germany (they weren’t and aren’t). Even were it true a) Gorbachev was the ruler of a defunct nation, so who cares what he was promised, and b) the expansion of NATO into the old Warsaw Pact and former Soviet republics at the request of those countries and without any aggression toward Russia reveals the monstrous lie is being told about NATO’s responsibility for Russia’s criminal acts.

Now we have more proof. If, as Putin and his clique claim, Russia is really at war with NATO, why is Russia pulling troops away from the border with NATO?

Destroys the claims of the Mearsheimers, Tuckers, Ritters & Macgregors of the world that Russia invaded Ukraine because Moscow was afraid of NATO.

Ukraine was never about NATO, only Putin’s greed.

^ @JESweet2022 & I made this point last December. https://t.co/AvW6JU7K2h https://t.co/naT8zVxRBz

— Mark Toth (@MCTothSTL) September 16, 2023

“Putin knows very well that NATO is not a threat to Russia. Otherwise he would not have moved all his troops into Ukraine,” Norwegian Armed Forces Chairman, Army General Eirik Kristoffersen said.

There are no more than 20% of Russian forces left on the Norwegian border than it… pic.twitter.com/YGV5QcHnhX

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) September 18, 2023

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Shoigu’s Insurance Policy

One of the mysteries of Putin’s War in Ukraine is the ability of those who were the architects of this disastrous war to avoid consequences for their actions. The biggest mystery is the longevity of Defense Minister and Putin crony Sergei Shoigu. He created a climate of corruption that diverted billions of dollars in defense spending from the military to private bank accounts. The Russian military has been shown to be a sham and humiliated. Russia’s bottom line has been permanently injured as its weapons have been shown to be generations behind those produced in the West. This interesting Washington Post piece says it makes perfect sense if Putin is more afraid of a rival for power than he is of a bleeding ulcer in Ukraine.

“Putin has no choice but to keep Shoigu in charge because a more talented defense minister would pose a threat to the president — especially if he succeeded in turning the war in Russia’s favor.” The terrible and immoral calculus of Putin.https://t.co/zKCEmCaffa

— Mick Ryan, AM (@WarintheFuture) September 17, 2023

Leonid Volkov, the longtime top political aide to jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, said that Putin has no choice but to keep Shoigu in charge because a more talented defense minister would pose a threat to the president — especially if he succeeded in turning the war in Russia’s favor. A triumphant, celebrity military chief would pose a similar threat, potentially galvanizing pro-war nationalists who have rallied around the symbol Z painted on Russia’s tanks, Volkov said.

“Shoigu is irreplaceable, and he’s irreplaceable because he’s very bad,” Volkov wrote on the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter. “Changing Shoigu or someone even worse doesn’t make sense for Putin (there are enough problems without that). And changing him for someone better and who will succeed is too dangerous.”

Will the Russians Use Nukes?

If you are a regular reader of the comments here, there is scarcely a week goes by without someone stating, without evidence, that if we do “so-and-so,” Puitin will nuke all of us. Personally, I think the claim is bullsh**. The last Russian nuclear test was in 1990. That time lapse in testing, plus the twin threat of Russian engineering and maintenance procedures, calls into question how many of their weapons are even functional. The upside of using nuclear weapons to win a ground war against a minor non-nuclear state is dwarfed by the impact this would have on Russia politically, economically, and militarily. And, as Russia has decided to become a client state of China, it is very doubtful that Xi wants his country sucked into a politico-military conflict with the West because Putin decided to go rogue. 

All of that is speculation on my part and YMMV, but it is useful to see how NATO planners viewed the possibility of the USSR using nuclear weapons in the event of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe.

On “stalemate” in Ukraine, and the prospect of Russia resorting to nuclear weapons as a result of battlefield failure; here’s how @CSRC_UK saw the same problem in 1986. How much has changed? pic.twitter.com/TI0tK1sEB5

— Keir Giles (@KeirGiles) September 17, 2023

What you see in this document much more closely represents the Russian strategy in Ukraine than any desire for a nuclear Armageddon or the loose bowels of Putin’s sympathizers in the West.

Ukrainian Agency and Putin’s War

Too often, the future of Putin’s War in Ukraine is framed in terms of “What will Putin do?” as if he, alone, controlled the course of the war. If that were true, I wouldn’t be writing this update 82 weeks after Russian tanks crossed the Russo-Ukraine frontier and lumbered off toward Kiev. Another common frame is “What will the West do?” Again, this assumes the West controls the arc of the war. This is Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov, chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, giving his views on the subject.

💬 They’ve asked: are you afraid of escalation?

Well, the chief of Ukrainian military intelligence has the answer. pic.twitter.com/fju3EeKl16

— UNITED24media (@United24media) September 15, 2023

Fighting the war as if Putin is writing the rules is just nonsense. Regarding escalation, Russia has done everything it can do short of nuclear missiles. Worrying about escalation is a waste of time and energy.

Trading With the Enemy

Vladimir Lenin, psychopathic murderer and keen observer of the human condition, once said, “When it comes time to hang the capitalists, they will vie with each other for the rope contract.” Most electronic components in Russian cruise missiles are made in Germany or the US. The same governments who prosecute bankers based on “know your customer” laws and regulations are completely flaccid when it comes to national companies selling products to Russia in violation of sanctions.

Perhaps no government is worse than Germany. Before the war, Angela Merkel had created an economic relationship that her childhood home of East Germany could never have imagined. This continues today.

Ukraine informed the German government that a so-called CNC machine manufactured by @spinnergmbh is en route to an ammunition plant in Russia from Turkey. It is a tool that will help Russia produce tank projectiles to kill Ukrainians.https://t.co/FMVu3g4B2F

— Boycott Russia (@Boycott_RU) September 18, 2023

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You/’ve Got to be Sh***ing Me

Sometimes, I think that the Ukrainian government is too “online” for its own good and has somehow concluded that American public opinion and its views on this war are the same as those of the online leftists with the little Ukraine flags in their profiles. 

A few days ago, the designated English language spokesman for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Junior Sergeant Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, went on a wild rant promising that the Ukrainian Armed Forces would hunt down online purveyors of Russian propaganda.

A transgender former US soldier who goes by Sarah Ashton-Cirillo recently moved to Ukraine to become the English-speaking spokesman for the Ukrainian military.

Ashton-Cirillo is now taking to social media threatening to hunt down and kill those who criticize the country’s… pic.twitter.com/X4F8VcL1RG

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) September 13, 2023

My colleague Bonchie covered the bizarre episode, including the questions raised by Ohio Senator JD Vance about Ashton-Cirillo’s role, Ukraine’s Transgender Propagandist Goes on a Wild Rant, and J.D. Vance Has Questions.

Ashton-Cirillo, who used to be a progressive Democrat political operative in Nevada named Michael John Cirillo, responded to Vance’s questions about his relationship, if any, with US intelligence.

To everyone asking: Yes, this is real.

This is the English language spokesman for the Ukrainian armed forces.

This same person posted a video last week threatening violence against anyone who engaged in speech the Ukrainians deemed bad propaganda. Disgusting. https://t.co/X9Y3hHZoVe

— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) September 18, 2023

Michael John Cirillo, now goes by Sarah Ashton-Cirillo is an American transgender who in 2021 claimed to be an “Undercover Operative” / progressive activist who “recruited Proud Boys” according to The Daily Beast. IC appears to have assigned a new target…https://t.co/qk6K2P874V pic.twitter.com/bNOKasGhKe

— Te𝕏asLindsay™ (@TexasLindsay_) September 18, 2023

At some point, sanity kicked in, and the Ukrainian military suspended their out-of-control spokesman.

Junior Sergeant Sarah Ashton-Cirillo has been suspended from the duties of the spokesperson of the @TDF_UA while an investigation is underway. https://t.co/4nN9z2YiW8

— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) September 20, 2023

The Ukrainian government has allowed its online presence to be nearly indistinguishable from progressive nutbaggery on X, or Twitter, or whatever. During the 2022 elections, many key Ukraine-supporting accounts openly equated GOP electoral success with victory for Russia. These accounts are also pro-gay, pro-trans, pro-abort, pro-BLM, pro-DIE, etc. In other words, dealing with them makes you want to shower with battery acid and a Brillo pad just to get rid of the stench of perversion. I don’t know who thought hiring a progressive Democrat political operative, who happened to be transgender, as the English-speaking face of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was a good idea, but they should be horse-whipped. Letting him go after a US senator at a time when Ukraine needs every friend it can muster in Washington was stupid beyond comprehension.

Attacks On Ukrainian Cities Continue

Russian attacks on Ukrainian population centers continue. Sunday, Kharkiv was hit by repurposed surface-to-air missiles launched from within Russia.

Russian missile strikes target the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv with a number of explosions heard there.

The moment of missile launches from Belgorod Oblast of Russia was captured on camera. pic.twitter.com/SsaMGidixa

— Status-6 (@Archer83Able) September 18, 2023

Monday night, another attack was made on grain storage facilities at the Danube port of Reni.

A Russian launched #Iran‘ian Shahed attack drone striking civilian transports last night in the Ukrainian grain port of Reni.#OSINT #Counteroffensive #UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/Mj4BW60HiK

— OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇦 (@UKikaski) September 19, 2023

Russian State Television Boosts Invasion of Finland

At some point, we really have to wonder if these television shows advocating nuking London or invading Finland are targeted at a Russian audience to get them ready for the next step, are they targeted at Western intelligence services to convince them that Vladimir Putin is totally nuts, or are they a form of comedy that we don’t completely understand. 

Attention, Finland!

Russian propagandists threaten to enter Finland on tanks.

History has taught them nothing. pic.twitter.com/cFnBlTvatr

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) September 20, 2023

Operational Level

The Question of Losses

Every week, I show images of confirmed battle losses of vehicles and aircraft. These are losses captured on video or in photographs. The great unknown is the losses that no one outside the unit sees. This is a prime example.

This Ka-52 will never fly again because of structural damage, and the damage seems to indicate a hard landing that may or may not have resulted from combat action. As I posted in Putin’s War, Week 77. The Ruble Nosedives, a Breakthrough Looms, and Crimea Faces Isolation, the Ka-52 is a critical system for the Russians. Only 133 were made for the Russian military, and 42 are known to have been shot down. Had this one not been videoed by chance, it would still be considered a threat. No one knows how many more there are like this one.

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Amateurs Talk Tactics…

…and professionals talk logistics. The war in Ukraine is a logistician’s war. The Ukrainians are trying to equip an army-in-the-making. The Russians are trying to resupply an army with lengthy and very constrained lines of communication and lots of chokepoints. Read this thread for some of the implications that can be drawn from a professional logistician looking at a bomb damage assessment.

All right folks, it is time for another Russian truck tire🧵

There is a big pile of Russian tires in this video as well as a few blown around the building by the JDAM hit on the Russian HQ.

What do you see at 1-to-2 seconds into this clip?

1/ https://t.co/tLfpM7i4Th

— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) September 17, 2023

Command Presence

When the history of this war is written, I think one of the key factors in Russia’s inability to quickly rout the Ukrainian Army and take control of the country will have been that Ukraine had the right people in the right places. Zelensky could’ve hopped “the first thing smoking” to Zurich on February 24. He didn’t. The Russian invasion transformed him from a vaguely unserious transitional political figure into a wartime leader. The Ukrainian Ground Forces commander, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, was a smart, tough, tactically and politically adept, and charismatic commander. Definitely not what you’d expect from someone trained as a Soviet artillery officer.

Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi,  Commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: “I am on the front line with our soldiers who are holding the line and continuing to move forward. He thanked them for their steady advance and the liberation of Klishchiivka and… pic.twitter.com/7XbxcEZBlG

— Dénes Törteli 🇪🇺🇭🇺🇺🇦 (@DenesTorteli) September 18, 2023

More Naval Losses

During the Ukrainian attack on Sevastopol, at least two Russian antiaircraft patrol ships were targeted for attack by unmanned surface vessels (USV). Initial reports claimed that all the USVs were destroyed. Now, there is confirmation that one of them struck the Sergey Kotov, punching a hole in the hull near the propeller shaft.

Ukrainian forces struck two ruSSorc patrol ships, on the morning of Sept. 14. An attack by a flock of Ukrainian unmanned maritime drones on the ruSSorc patrol ship Vasily Bykov (Sergei Kotov), viewed from the side of the ruSSorc ship.
The Black Sea has seen an escalation of… pic.twitter.com/hTAOWh2Eta

— Стефан Баторій Fella 🇺🇦ꑭ✙ (@st_batory) September 20, 2023

It’s good to point out that UA intelligence is saying they’ve HIT the “Sergey Kotov”, not SUNK.

This is going to be one of those ‘thruth never catching up to the mistranslation’ things..https://t.co/D0XGzd2gZz https://t.co/Pwodsz89Tb

— Egregius (@Egregius4) September 18, 2023

Russia Drones Ukrainian Airfield

A Russian Lancet suicide drone successfully attacked a Ukrainian airbase in Kryvyi Rih. A MiG-29 was damaged. The attack left a lot of questions unanswered.

While this strike is unfortunate, the fact that Ukraine has been able to operate fixed-wing assets from airfields less than 70 km from the FLOT for months is genuinely hysterical. https://t.co/RG2JRaVWf8

— John Ridge 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@John_A_Ridge) September 19, 2023

The MiGs flying from Kryvyi Rih used AGM-88 HARM anti-radiation missiles to target Russian antiaircraft and counterbattery radars. The site location was leaked on social media a year ago. The airbase has never been attacked by Russian missiles.

⚡️As a result of the lancet attack on a MiG-29 at Kryvyi Rih airbase – I can show now how the Ukrainian MOD leaked this place over a year ago by a video.

0:01📌47.902940, 33.526604
0:13📌47.891030, 33.531256
🧵more details⬇️@GeoConfirmed @WarMonitors @RWApodcast @RALee85 https://t.co/sxwHXvyb0q pic.twitter.com/q3M19pML6l

— chris__759 (@chris__759) September 20, 2023

There were no antiaircraft defenses around the base capable of detecting and engaging the Lancet attack munition or the surveillance drone that guided it to the target.

Ukrainian Struck at Wagner Group in Sudan?

This is a rather strange story. According to a CNN report, Ukrainian Special Forces carried out attacks on Wagner Group fighters and their local allies in Sudan.

One of the videos showed at least three foreign fighters appearing to conduct a raid on a building.

In a clip apparently recorded on a body camera, troops were wearing night goggles, and one of the soldiers appeared to be carrying a rocket launcher.

In video showing the… pic.twitter.com/VeS2Os6fst

— Clash Report (@clashreport) September 19, 2023

Cool story, bro. What remains unanswered is “why.” This strikes me as more likely a case of a source feeding CNN a line of sh** they were predisposed to believe. It will also set Wagner, or whoever they work for today, counterintelligence guys off to chase their tails, so it does have some benefit.

New Weapons

The Crowdfunded Satellite

In August 2022, Ukrainian television host Serhiy Prytula announced an effort to crowdfund the exclusive usage rights to a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite owned by the Finnish company ICEYE. SAR produces 3-D images rather than flat photography and can function at night and with cloud cover.

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⚡️The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of 🇺🇦Ukraine has published images of the ICEYE satellite, bought with funds raised by ordinary people, which helped destroy countless high-priority targets, including the Russian submarine Rostov-on-Don and the ship… pic.twitter.com/FzDWptMNBb

— 🇺🇦Ukrainian Front (@front_ukrainian) September 20, 2023

K600 “Rhino” Mine-Clearing Vehicles

South Korea is sending two K600 “Rhino” mine-clearing vehicles to Ukraine. They are built on a Korean copy of an M-1 Tank chassis.

⚡️🇰🇷South Korea to send two K600 “Rhino” demining vehicles to 🇺🇦Ukraine, – The Chosun Ilbo.

IMR K600 Rhino is based on the chassis of the K1A1 tank and is equipped with Pearson Engineering’s Full Width Mine Plow mine trawl, engineering equipment, as well as a powerful magnetic… pic.twitter.com/BHjo0EZDxA

— 🇺🇦Ukrainian Front (@front_ukrainian) September 18, 2023

The volume of Russian mines and the dearth of equipment to clear them has been a key factor in the limited progress Ukraine’s Spring Offensive has made.

Combat Operations

Operations on the ground had limited progress from last week. While more detail follows below, the thumbnail sketch would be that the Russians continue to push against Ukrainian defenses in the north but with no success. The Ukrainian Army consolidated gains south of Bakhmut and made limited gains in Zaporizhzhia. As I anticipated last week, while the Ukrainians continue to make some gains on the front lines, they seem to be winding down large-scale operations for the season and have started focusing on Russian command and control facilities, reserve troops concentration, artillery, air defense and electronic warfare assets, and logistics infrastructure.

I’m posting this video because it is the only example I’ve seen of an inside-outside view of a suicide drone attack on a vehicle. In this case, a Ukrainian drone and a Russian vehicle.

151. Verbove/Novoprokopivka/Robotyne front.
82nd Air Assault Bde’s ‘Wild Division’ also claimed the FPV strike on this🇷🇺UAZ-452; reportedly the same as in this much viewed film from inside the UAZ in which its claimed a medic looses his arm (see in link).https://t.co/Qvwlv9WvN0 pic.twitter.com/JIAazwfHuO

— Dan (@Danspiun) September 20, 2023

Part of the setup for Ukraine’s attack on the Black Sea port of Sevastopol (Ukrainian Attack on Russian Fleet Leaves One Ship and One Sub Destroyed With No Nuclear War) that cost the Russians a submarine and landing ship damaged beyond being economically repairable was an attack on Russian-occupied gas drilling platforms that also had radar and antiaircraft installations. These attacks were carried out by Ukrainian special forces from small boats. During the operation, one of the Ukrainian boats came under attack by a Russian Su-27 strike aircraft and took violent evasive action. One of the commandos with the callsign “Conan” fell overboard. His story is at the link.

Ukraine’s elilte HUR “Artan” military intelligence boat crew lost a fighter named “Conan” who went flying overboard in the Black Sea as they manoeuvered to evade fire from an enemy Su-27 warplane and were forced to leave the area

Ukrainian forces immediately sent a Bayraktar… pic.twitter.com/JOqIRFShIk

— 🇺🇦Ukraine Resists Russian Genocide… Yeah Again (@ArmedMaidan) August 31, 2023

“My brothers wanted to save me. But the enemy aircraft continued to fire at us. Then I started waving and yelling at them to get away from me”

14 hours in the open Black Sea – 130 km from friendly shores

Ukrainian HUR military intel trooper “Conan” fell out of his assault craft… pic.twitter.com/dSgokkW81Y

— 🇺🇦Ukraine Resists Russian Genocide… Yeah Again (@ArmedMaidan) September 20, 2023

Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures

Close Encounter of the Worst Kind

This is a lesson in situational awareness. The Russian tank has no idea of the location of the Ukrainian tank despite the video opening with the Ukrainian tank firing at point-blank range and missing its target. The second time’s the charm, though. This is why singleton tanks and infantry fighting vehicles prosecuting their own private war is a bad idea.

A tank duel in Zaporizhzhia region.
A Ukrainian T-64BV knocked down the occupiers’ T-72B3 at close range.

🎥 128th Mountain Assault Brigade pic.twitter.com/NIg99krH63

— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) September 20, 2023

Are These Russian Marines?

Ukrainian drone captures the Russian Army’s ever elusive homoerotic spanking ritual. pic.twitter.com/kkcXwt5kBY

— Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) September 19, 2023

Northern Front

Despite some claims on social media, there is no video evidence, and more importantly, no claims by Russian milbloggers of Russian advances in this area. There are some Ukrainian advances in Donbas that could develop into something, but nothing significant over the last week,

Kharkiv

Svatove-Kupiansk 

The Russians continue to bash away at Ukrainian defensive lines with no noticeable progress.

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⚡️Video of the destruction of 🇷🇺Russian T-90M and T-72B3 tanks and personnel who tried to storm 🇺🇦Ukrainian positions on the Kupiansk front pic.twitter.com/EB6iZQKMXn

— 🇺🇦Ukrainian Front (@front_ukrainian) September 21, 2023

Donbas 

Bahkmut-Klishchiivka 

The Ukrainians have consolidated their control of Klishchiivka. This gives Ukraine control of the heights overlooking Bakhmut and the ability to bring any resupply/reinforcement efforts under direct or observed indirect fire. The “consolidated control” is important because this town has changed control several times over the summer.

Putin's War, Week 82. Russia Dissed at the UN and the War Moves Toward Rasputitsa

There are other things happening here that make this area to watch. First, the Russians have reportedly transferred their best units from the Bakhmut area south to confront the Ukrainian offensive toward Tokmak.

1)the Russians transfer elite units from near Bakhmut to the Zaporizhzhya direction, — ISW. Klishchiivka was the center of hostilities in the area of the fortress city, where the 83rd Assault Brigade of the Russian Federation was stationed. Currently, analysts have noticed ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/1gIQVnOulP

— Svitlana Bzhalava🇺🇦 (@Svitlan66621180) September 17, 2023

Generally, I don’t post the “we’ve had all we can stand” videos that pop up on Russian Telegram channels, but this one is particularly powerful because it dovetails into other similar accounts. These men are members of a Russian mortar unit, and they complain that artillery and non-combat troops are being drafted into assault units, that barrier forces are used to kill men running from battle, and that the artillery ammunition is very unreliable.

Sounds like North Korean ammo is making it to the front.

Among other complaints, Russians near Bakhmut say not only are almost all their infantry dead, but their ammo no longer works. “Ammo doesn’t fly and if it DOES fly, it doesn’t explode.”

They say they weren’t trained for… pic.twitter.com/y2EKKEX8Lg

— Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) September 20, 2023

New Elections Needed

The Russian occupation forces in Ukraine have been trying to create a Potemkin civil government of collaborators. These quisling governments continue to be targeted by the Ukrainian military and partisan forces.

It is reported that there was a direct hit on the administration of the head of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, Denis Pushilin. Donetsk. pic.twitter.com/tsbEuT7qIL

— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) September 18, 2023

Southern Front

The Southern Front continues to be the scene of the most intense and, for the Ukrainians, the most productive fighting.

Zaporizhzhia

Robotyne-Verbove-Novoprokopivka 

Two critical things are happening in this area. First, Ukrainian infantry is advancing down the trench lines and clearing laterally instead of moving forward. When you’re fighting on open terrain and under observation and artillery fire, the trenches suddenly become the fastest and safest avenues of attack. Second. Ukrainian armor is beginning to be seen beyond the defensive belt outside Verbove.

Putin's War, Week 82. Russia Dissed at the UN and the War Moves Toward Rasputitsa

This matters because the second line of Russian field fortifications is very lightly manned, if it is manned at all. Getting behind the first line of defenses puts you in the enemy’s support area. Chewing up the support area will force a retreat from the front lines. The big unknown is how densely the Russians have mined the area behind their first line.

There have been reports of concentrations of Ukrainian mechanized and armored forces inside this salient, so we could still see some mobile action before the campaigning season winds down into a sea of mud.

Kherson 

Artillery and air attacks continue on both sides of the Dnieper River. The Ukrainian lodgement on the left bank of the Dneiper River doesn’t seem to be growing. There are commando raids by both sides along the river on islands in the river.

Rear Areas

Crimea

Last update I posted about Crimea becoming just another theater of operations in this war rather than an “escalation” concern warranted soiled panties in Jake Sullivan’s National Security Council.

A Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile battery was attacked in Sevastopol. There are no reports on the damage inflicted.

⚡️Crimean local tg channels are reporting explosions near the Fiolentovskoye highway.

There is a Russian military air defence unit there, armed with S-400 Triumf SAMs.

👉 Follow @Flash_news_ua pic.twitter.com/neJi0F1TyF

— FLASH (@Flash_news_ua) September 17, 2023

Strikes on key Russia headquarters will become more of a routine affair. The Ukrainian Air Force and homegrown Ukrainian missiles have the range to strike anywhere in the theater. 

Before and after satellite imagery of yesterday’s AFU Storm Shadow missile strike on the Russian Navy command post north of occupied Verkhnosadove, Crimea (44.714735, 33.704408).#OSINT #Counteroffensive #UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/oX4YOrADU9

— OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇦 (@UKikaski) September 21, 2023

Proof of #Ukraine‘s key hit on #Russia‘s command post in occupied #Crimea.

Before + After satellite images from @planet and @SvobodaRadio show how half of the building in the village of #Verkhnosadove, which is just north-east of #Sevastopol, has been flattened.#RussiansGOHOME pic.twitter.com/xMpPgtXSVZ

— Tim White (@TWMCLtd) September 21, 2023

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This airbase has been hit twice before ( Airbase in Russian-Occupied Crimea Hit by Devastating Ukrainian Attack and Putin’s War, Week 28. The Sitzkrieg Goes Blitzkrieg as Ukraine’s Army Moves 50 Kilometers in Two Days) and is probably untenable.

This looks to be #Ukraine‘s attack on Russia’s Saky (Saki) airfield in western #Crimea. Ukrainian military said it first used drones to overwhelm orc air defences, then fired Neptune missiles (big bang in video). “serious damage” said to have been inflicted. #CrimeaIsUkraine https://t.co/6X05R51sv5

— Glasnost Gone (@GlasnostGone) September 21, 2023

Russia

Ukrainian drone attacks in Russia have become common. This one set off a conflagration at a fuel depot. It has been confirmed by Russian milbolgger “Rybar.”

An allegedly Ukrainian one-way attack drone hit a fuel depot in Russia’s Oryol Oblast in the early hours of 17 September, setting a fuel tank ablaze.https://t.co/A3ne6CAzy6

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) September 17, 2023

Rybar reports on 3 drone attacks against Russian interests overnight.
2 unsuccessful: Moscow and illegally occupied Crimea
1 success at Oryol pic.twitter.com/MjABSdT4T5

— Greyskull (@FreudGreyskull) September 17, 2023

Chkalovsky Airfield, about 20 miles from Moscow, was hit by a commando raid.

Unidentified saboteurs blew up two airplanes and a helicopter in Moscow region on 18th September – Ukrainian Defense Intelligence.

The sabotage reportedly took place at the Chkalovsky Air Base, where government planes, “doomsday” planes and reconnaissance aircraft are based.… pic.twitter.com/QLe4FiABo1

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) September 20, 2023

What’s Next

War is defined by decisions and possibilities. While we may not know the decisions, some of the possibilities are very clear. I think that the transition from offensive action on the front lines to more of the deep battle is becoming apparent. The Ukrainians have neatly shaped the battlefield to make every Russian base and asset a target. The pressure will only increase as more Ukrainian-made strike weapons, like the Nepture ship and land attack missiles, appear. These weapons and the tactics used to make them effective will be used in Donbas over the winter. The debate over ATACMS is still active, with the “escalationists” making a last-ditch defense, but I believe that weapon system will be released to Ukraine in the next 90-120 days.

The battlespace around Bakhmut should be concerning to the Russians. If the more capable units have been withdrawn to the Southern Front and morale is anything like that portrayed in the video in this post, then the Russian Army in that area is teetering on the brink of collapse. Time will tell if this information is accurate.

I still see Ukraine making one final push in the gap they’ve forced between Verbove and Novoprokopivka. They are through the main defensive belt, and if they can widen the gap and force tanks and infantry fighting vehicles into the Russian support area, they can accomplish a major goal of the offensive by cutting the land bridge linking Russia and Occupied Kherson and Crimea.

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WATCH: Rand Paul Pulls No Punches on Ukraine and Zelensky

September 21, 2023 by Bonchie Leave a Comment

As I type this, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is on Capitol Hill again, this time to try to secure another $23 billion. That would be on top of the already $113 billion that has been appropriated over the last year and a half. 

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Ukraine’s war of self-defense against Russia has largely turned into a stalemate. The spring counter-offensive that Zelensky was hoping would turn the tide hasn’t produced the desired results, and while Vladimir Putin is certainly not “winning” the war, he’s been able to garner a position where he could conceivably drag it out for many more years. 

That has some Republicans saying enough is enough. Rand Paul is one of them, and he pulled no punches when asked about the situation on Fox News. 

Sen. @RandPaul on Ukraine: “They’ve canceled the elections … They banned the political parties, they’ve invaded churches, they’ve arrested priests, so no, it isn’t a democracy, it’s a corrupt regime.” pic.twitter.com/A2PpyYsAi0

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 21, 2023

BARTIROMO: There’s also this incredible story about an American journalist, Gonzalo Lira. He’s reportedly, right now, in prison in Ukraine on allegations of spreading Russian propaganda. I don’t understand this, that Joe Biden could approve $113 billion of money to Ukraine, and yet he has not tried to get this American journalist out of prison there?

PAUL: It’s even worse than that Maria. They’ve canceled the elections. What kind of democracy has no election? So next year, Zelensky said he’s not going to have an election because it would be inconvenient during the war and it would be expensive. Well, the thing is, if you don’t have elections, why in the world are we supporting a country that’s not a democracy? 

They’ve banned the political parties, they’ve invaded churches, they’ve arrested priests. So no, it isn’t a democracy, it’s a corrupt regime. Are the Russians any better? No, the Russians are worse, but at the same time, we don’t always have to pick some side to be on, but the ultimate reason I’m against this is we don’t have the money and when we borrow more money it leads to more inflation, leads to more likelihood of recession in our country, and so we can’t keep doing it.

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Certainly, Paul’s words are going to be controversial, but the primary question to ask is simple: Is he wrong?

I don’t ask that to make an argument for Russia or against Ukraine’s right to self-defense. Certainly, I’ve been clear that I think Ukraine has the right to defend itself and its territory as long as it sees fit. That’s a moral statement, though, not a practical one. Whether Gonzalo Lira is a good person or not isn’t really relevant. A nation that arrests people for “spreading propaganda” is not a free state. People can pretend otherwise because of the dichotomy presented, but that’s just reality. 

The United States managed to have elections during its own Civil War, which had eaten up far more territory and taken far more lives. And sure, Zelensky and the Ukrainians have the ability to put in place whatever measures they see fit to win the war they are fighting. At the same time, Americans have the ability to look at those measures and say they are no longer going to blindly fund them. 

Past that, Paul is clearly right that we simply don’t have the money to keep doing this. Americans are being crushed by higher prices, and continuing to add to the national debt only exacerbates the situation. As I’ve said before, if funding Ukraine is such an excellent, effective use of military resources compared to regular military spending (and there’s an argument to make there), as many claim, then pay for it out of the regular defense budget. Continuing to have these massive separate appropriations is not sustainable. 

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Lastly, the biggest issue for Zelensky and the Biden administration is a refusal to articulate any realistic end game. Is the United States really going to fund this war until Crimea is retaken, as Zelensky has stated? Because Ukraine can’t even retake its eastern flank, which is far more geographically welcoming. It may never have the military ability necessary to retake Crimea, and what that means needs to be fleshed out. 

Paul is a hardliner on this, but even non-hardliners are growing skeptical. At this point, they are justified in their skepticism.

Filed Under: <![CDATA[Rand Paul]]>, <![CDATA[Russia]]>, <![CDATA[Senate]]>, <![CDATA[Spending]]>, <![CDATA[Ukraine]]>, News, Red State

Gen. Milley Confirms That US Will Send Aid to Ukraine ‘for as Long as it Takes’

September 21, 2023 by Jeff Charles Leave a Comment

On Tuesday, Gen. Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addressed reporters with Defense Secretary Austin Lloyd about the United States’ role in Ukraine’s war against Russia. During his remarks, Milley highlighted America’s commitment to standing with Ukraine as it fights to fend off Moscow’s invasion.

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Milley painted a stark picture of the situation in Ukraine, noting that the country “continues to make deliberate, steady progress in liberating their homeland from Russian occupation.” He highlighted Ukraine’s progress in liberating “over 54 percent of Russian-occupied Ukraine.”

The general outlined the aid the United States has given to Ukraine since the Russian invasion began. From providing military equipment like javelins and stingers to long-range fires and mechanized infantry fighting vehicles, America has been fully invested in the military conflict despite polls showing that most Americans are against sending continued aid.

If Milley’s words are any indication, the United States will not cease sending money and aid to Ukraine anytime soon. He affirmed that America would continue funding Ukraine “for as long as it takes” and noted that the objective is to “support Ukraine until Putin’s unwarranted, illegal, and ruinous war of choice comes to an end.”

Today was my last Ukrainian Defense Contact Group meeting before I retire.  And my tenure may be ending, but the mission for this group continues until the end state of a free and sovereign Ukraine is attained.

This group’s success hinges not on any single individual but on the unified commitment and the values of all of our collective nations.  The end goal remains crystal-clear.  Support Ukraine until Putin’s unwarranted, illegal and ruinous war of choice comes to an end.

Our commitment to Ukraine as a free, independent and sovereign nation, with its territory intact, remains as ironclad as ever.

Nations across the world have come together to support Ukraine in their fight for sovereignty against this unprovoked aggression….

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Gen. Mark Milley on sending aid to Ukraine:

“As President Biden and Secretary Austin have said many, many times over, we, the United States, will continue to provide support to Ukraine for as long as it takes.” pic.twitter.com/4aNRcWutBJ

— Jeff Charles, An Awful Pundit🏴 (@jeffcharlesjr) September 21, 2023

Milley insisted that helping Ukraine win against Russia would set a “precedent for the future” and would be “a beacon for other nations, and a clear message to any adversaries that the rule of law will always triumph over the rule of force, as light always triumphs over the darkness.”

So far, the United States has sent over $75 billion in aid to Ukraine to help its war effort against Moscow. A recent Morning Consult poll showed that less than half of the United States population believes it is the nation’s responsibility to help Ukraine.

Partisan split over perceived U.S. responsibility to help Ukraine: A 58% majority of GOP voters say protecting and defending Ukraine is not America’s responsibility, while 53% of Democrats say the opposite. Among all U.S. voters, the share who say it is the United States’ responsibility to protect and defend Ukraine has fallen to a record-low 38%.

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These numbers are significant as polls conducted closer to the beginning of the military conflict showed most Americans supporting the effort to aid Ukraine. Now, it appears Americans have grown weary of continued aid to the country, especially when many Americans are facing their own economic woes.

Filed Under: <![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]>, <![CDATA[mark milley]]>, <![CDATA[Russia]]>, <![CDATA[Ukraine]]>, News, Red State

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